US Secretary of War addresses troops in Cecina, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US Secretary of War addresses troops. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7144 / Fifth Army, Italy / Mr. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War of the United States, speaks over loud speaker system to men of the 133rd Infantry, 3rd Battalion, along highway 68, north of Cecina. Photo by Walden / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Cecina, Italy. 6 July 1944

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From the service of Brigadier General Terence John Tully, a West Point graduate, Signal Officer during the African landings, Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters Africa/Italy for all Mediterranean operations. Tully served with the Signal Corps in Italy and North Africa documenting the 5th Army specifically. Later he was Commander of Camp Crowder, Missouri.
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Cecina
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43.317
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10.517
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